Joshua 5:2
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.In other versions
At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
ASV
At that time the Lord said to Joshua, Make yourself stone knives and give the children of Israel circumcision a second time.
BBE
At that time Jehovah said to Joshua, Make thee stone-knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
DBY
At that time Yahweh said to Joshua, Make you flint knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
WEB
At that time said Jehovah unto Joshua, `Make for thee knives of flint, and turn back, circumcise the sons of Israel a second time;'
YLT
At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make you sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
ENG
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
WBT
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
BSB
In context
1And it came to pass, when all the kings of the Amorites, which were on the side of Jordan westward, and all the kings of the Canaanites, which were by the sea, heard that the LORD had dried up the waters of Jordan from before the children of Israel, until we were passed over, that their heart melted, neither was there spirit in them any more, because of the children of Israel.
2At that time the LORD said unto Joshua, Make thee sharp knives, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.
3And Joshua made him sharp knives, and circumcised the children of Israel at the hill of the foreskins.
4And this is the cause why Joshua did circumcise: All the people that came out of Egypt, that were males, even all the men of war, died in the wilderness by the way, after they came out of Egypt.
Cross-references
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